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Tiny origami boxes hold big promise for energy storage

March 12, 2014

If you think your origami skills can't be beat, try this: (1) use the world's thinnest material, (2) make the origami fold and unfold itself, and (3) pack into your miniscule origami box enough hydrogen atoms to exceed future U.S. goals for hydrogen energy storage devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland have done all three.
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